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FILICES.—G y r a t æ . Br. P o t y p o d i a c e * . Kaulf. F i l i c e s v e ræ . Willd., Sprmg.
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G e n . C h a r . A S P L E N IU M , L in n . Sori Iin e a re s, sp a rs i, d orsa le s. Involucrum e v en a la te -
ra lite r o rtm n du c en s, m a rg in e su p c rio re lib e ro . B r .
A s p le n ium Menziesii; fro n d e lin e a ri p in n a ta , p in n is rliom b eo -o b lo n g is obtu s is s im is coriaceis
g la b ris , m a rg in e su p e rio re d e n ta tis , soris in fe rio rib u s solita rifs h o riz o n ta lib u s , su p e rio rib u s
valde o b liq u is .
II.AB. In s u la Ow h y h e e . D . Menzies.
Caudex brevis, subrepens, basi radicibus paucis ramosis donatus, paleaceo-setaceis, setis atro-fuscis.
Stipes duns ad tres uncias longus, ntro-purpureus, nitidus, glaber, inferne teres, superne hinc læviter canaliculatus.
Rachis huic similis.
Frondes spithamææ, fere ad pedales, erectæ, circumscriptione linearcs, pinnate, pinnis approximatis horizontaliter
patentibus, inferioribus rliomboideis, superioribus oblongis vel oblongo-quadrangularibus, ángulo inferiore
affixis, basi superiore truncata, una cum latere inferiore integerrimis, margbie superiore, apiceque obtusissimo
crenato-serratis, obscure costatis penninerviis; costa prope marginem inferiorem, ubi nervo solitario parallelo,
soro unico, gerente, .ad latus superius nervi plurimi, obliqui, fere horizontales, soriferi.
Sori lineari-oblongi.
Involucra albo-fuscescentia, membranacea.
Capsidce fuscoe, longe pedicellatæ, annulo fere completo cinctæ.
Semina oblonga angulata sub summo lente subreticulata.
Fig. 1. Pinna, e medio frondis, fertilis. f 2 . Capsula, f. 3. Semina.
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Commuiiic fited by o u r g o o d frien d A rc h ib a ld M en z ic s , E sq ., w h o fo u n d it in th e Is la n d o f
Owyhee. I t was m a rk e d by th a t g e n tlem a n , “Asplenium, nova spec ie s" an d we e n tire ly a g re e with
liim in its b e in g so. I t s n e a r a lly is, u n q u e s tio n a b ly , Asplenium monanthemum o f L in næ u s , and
o f Sm ith hones. T a b . 7 3 , an in h a b ita n t o f th e C a p e o f G o o d H o p e ; and as we k n ow , from spe c
im en s we h av e re c e iv ed from th e Rev . R. T . Lowe , o f M a d e ira a lso . T h a t p la n t is always m u ch
b ro a d e r in its c ir c um s c rip tio n n e a r th e m iddle , m o re a tte n u a te d a t th e b a se a n d a t tlie e x trem ity ,
h a v in g th e p in næ o t a m o re d e lic a te te x tu r e , m u c h lo n g e r and n a rrow e r, m o re d isp o sed to be
c am cu la tcd in th e n p p e r m a rg in a t th e b a se , a n d w ith fewer so ri, a n d th o s e (m o s tly in d e ed so lita ry )
confinée! to th e low e r side o f th e p in n a .
S p re n g e l de sc ribe s th e Asp l. monanthemum as an in h a b ita n t o f N ew Sp a in , M a rtin iq u e , P e ru , &c.;
a n d h e m a k e s th e Asplenium namim o f W illd cn ow to be sy n o n ym o u s w ith it. N ow th is la tte r p la n t
IS ind e ed an in lia b ita n t o f M a rtin iq u e , a n d is figured in P lu m ie r ; b u t, as th a t figure shows, it is
q u ite a d iffé rent spe c ie s from A . monanthemum.